Sanitary waste-paper can.



M. K. MILLER. SANITARY WASTE PAPER CAN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.14, 1908.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

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MARY K. MILLER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.-

SANITARY WASTE-PAPER CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

Application filed August 14, 1908. Serial No. 448,482.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY K. MiLLER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Vv'aste-Paper Cans, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a sanitary waste paper can, and the rimary object of my invention is to provi e a can that can be used as a waste basket in an office or for garbage Another object of this invention is to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive household article that can be easily maintained in a sanitary condition.

My invention aims to combine a waste basket and garbage can. It is a well known fact that in ofiices, fruit and other matter are thrown in among the paper of waste baskets,

causing considerable trouble and labor for a janitor in separating the paper and fruit, as these products cannot be dispensed with throug the same channels. It is also a fact that paper and garbage are often placed together in a can in a kitchen, such a mixture attracting insects and rendering the same unsanitary. It is in view of these facts that I have devised my sanitary can, which will facilitate the work of a janitor or housekeeper, as I have made special provision for the burning of paper, the separating of garbage and the drainage of liquid matter placed in the can.

The detail construction entering into my invention will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a can constructed in accordance with my invention, Fi 2 is a vertical sectional'view of the samefFig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the can, taken on the line a:a: of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a verticalsectional view of the basket removed from the can, Fig. 5 is a plan of a plate used in connection with the basket, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a poker forming a part of the can.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a cylindrical can having a bottom 2 and a loosely fitting lid 3. The can and the lid are made of light and durable non-corrolic basket 4, said sive metal that can be japanned or finished to present a neat appearance, whereby the same can be used in an ofiice as well as in a kitchen.

In connection with the can, I use a metalbasket having a slotted bottom 5, and the upper edges of said basket are provided with hand grips 6, whereby said asket can be easily removed from the can. The basket is supported within the can upon legs 7, and one side of said basket is provided with vertical slots 8 and horizontal slots 9. In connection with the basket I use a slotted plate 10, and a'poker 11, the object of which will presently appear.

Assuming that the can is used in an office, the lid 3 can be laid to one side so that aper can be easily placed in the basket 4. S ould fruit or juicy matter be placed in the basket, the drippings from the fruit are retained within the bottom of the can, thereby preventing a carpet or floor from being injured by matter that does not really belong in a waste pa er basket. The janitor can easily remove t 1e basket 4 from the can and place the plate 10 in the basket to prevent the wind from blowing the paper awa at which time the paper can be ignited an from time to time stirred up by the poker 11. Any fruit among the paper will settle to the bottom of the basket and after the paper has been burned, the Waste can be removed, and the basket and can thoroughly cleansed.

The use of my can in a itchen is ractically the same as in an office only the oosely fitting lid 3 is retained 'upon the can to prevent odors from escaping from the waste products within the can. The housekeeper y removing the can to the air, can easily remove the basket 4 and burn the contents thereof, atthe same time seein that the garbage contained within the has et and can is placed in a pro or place for disposal.

When the dker 11 or the plate 10 is not being used, t e plate can be placed in the bottom of the can, and the poker 11 between the sides of the basket 4 and the can 1.

The plate 10 is slotted, whereby smoke can readil escape while paper is being burned, and t 0 slots 8 and 9 are provided whereby the poker 11 can be inse' ed in thebasket to stir the paper and allow solid matter to sift to the bottom.

The basket 4 and its up urtenant parts are constructed, of strongan durable metal,

x such as galvanized sheet iron to prevent the within said can, basket from being distorted by the heat of burning matter contained Within the same.

While in the drawings forming a this application there is illustrated t ferred embodiments of my invention,'it'is ob- I hand grips, and a slotted plate'adapted to fit vious that the same can be varied or changed in said basket, substantially as described.

as to shape, proportion and manner of asi In testimony whereof affix my signature semblage without departing from the spirit in the presence of two vltnesses.

of the lnvention. i Q t Having now described my invention What i MILLER legs carried by said basket tion within said can, the bottom of said baspart of ket having slots formed therein, the sides of I claim as new, is v l Witnesses:

The combination of a can, a lid fitting MAX H. SROLOVITZ, loosely thereon, a metallic basket arranged l A. J. TRIGG.

for supporting the same in an elevated posie presaid basket having slots formed therein and 

